Last year, a federal appeals court ruled that police officers must obtain a warrant before using a GPS (global positioning system) to track a suspect's movements for an extended period of time.
Antoine Jones was tracked for a month with a GPS device attached to his car. His conviction for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and cocaine base was overturned, the court ruling that the extended monitoring violated Jones' reasonable expectation of privacy.
Now, the Justice Department is asking the Supreme Court to review the case.
The D.C. Circuit's opinion can be found here.
The Justice Department's petition to the Supreme Court can be found here.
More news and commentary on the petition:
ABA Journal
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog
PCWorld
Antoine Jones was tracked for a month with a GPS device attached to his car. His conviction for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and cocaine base was overturned, the court ruling that the extended monitoring violated Jones' reasonable expectation of privacy.
Now, the Justice Department is asking the Supreme Court to review the case.
The D.C. Circuit's opinion can be found here.
The Justice Department's petition to the Supreme Court can be found here.
More news and commentary on the petition:
ABA Journal
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog
PCWorld